The Khan ministry is the current government of Pakistan which was formed by Imran Khan following his successful election as Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly. The Cabinet has 25 Federal Ministers, 5 Ministers of state and 6 Advisors most of whom assumed office on 20 August 2018. The cabinet saw a reshuffle on 18 April 2019. On 6 April 2020, the cabinet saw another reshuffle.
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Khan announced his cabinet soon after taking oath, he kept ministry of interior to himself. His choice for ministries was criticized as he came into power on the slogan of Change and New Pakistan but most of his appointees were previously ministers during the era of Pervez Musharraf and some served in PPP government which followed Musharraf era. He was criticized by supporters and critics for settling for "Diet Reform" as Musharraf pursued rather than the real change that was embodied by the PTI. Some supporters defended Khan since the PTI was in a coalition government and needed "electables" to win the election. Khusro Bakhtiar served as a minister during Musharraf's regime, as well as an MNA in the PML-N coalition government Shafqat Mehmood was a member of the PPP from 1990 until he joined Musharraf regime soon after 1999 coup and became provincial minister. Farogh Naseem has been part of Musharraf's legal team representing him against treason charges which aroused speculation on PTI's stance on if Pervez Musharraf will be tried for treason. Tariq Bashir Cheema has been minister in a past PPP government.Fehmida Mirza has been Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan in a PPP government. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad served as a minister during the Musharraf era as well as a former MNA of the PML-N. Ghulam Sarwar Khan also served as a minister during Musharraf regime. Zubaida Jalal Khan was a minister and held the same portfolio during Musharraf era. Fawad Chaudhry was media coordinator in the political party formed by Musharraf as well a special Assistant to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. Shah Mehmood Qureshi held the same portfolio in a PPP government. Babar Awan also served in a past PPP government. Malik Amin Aslam held same portfolio under Musharraf government but is more of a technocrat than a politician. Abdul Razak Dawood was commerce minister for Musharraf as well. Omar Ayub Khan was the minister of state for finance in Shaukat Aziz's cabinet during the Pervez Musharraf regime. Ali Muhammad Mahar was the former Chief Minister of Sindh during the Musharraf regime. Firdous Ashiq Awan, also served as Federal Minister of information in PPP Government On 2 November 2018, the Government of Pakistan under the administration of Imran Khan and the Tehreek-e-Labbaik political party, the latter of which encouraged protests against Asia Bibi, came into an agreement that barred Asia Bibi from leaving the country, in addition to releasing Tehreek-e-Labbaik protesters who were under arrest. The deal included expediting a motion in the court to place Asia Noreen on Pakistan's no fly list, known officially as the Exit Control List. Due to pressure from Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Pakistani authorities did not release Asia Noreen until the Supreme Court made a review of the verdict. This agreement between the Government of Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Labbaik has led to "allegations the government was capitulating to extremists". Pakistani Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry responded to these allegations, saying that "We had two options: either to use force, and when you use force people can be killed. That is not something a state should do... We tried negotiations and negotiations you take something and you leave something." Asia Noreen's lawyer Saif-ul-Mulook called the agreement between the Government of Pakistan and the Islamists "painful", stating that "They cannot even implement an order of the country's highest court". Feeling that his life was threatened, Mulook fled to Europe in order "to stay alive as I still have to fight the legal battle for Asia Bibi." British Pakistani Christian Association chairman Wilson Chowdhry stated that “I am not surprised that Imran Khan's regime has caved in to extremists”. Jemima Goldsmith, an ex-wife of Imran Khan, similarly "said that Pakistan's government caved in to extremist demands to bar Asia Bibi from leaving the country", opining "Not the Naya Pakistan we'd hoped for. 3 days after a defiant & brave speech defending the judiciary, Pakistan's gov caves into extremist demands to bar #AsiaBibi from leaving Pak, after she was acquitted of blasphemy- effectively signing her death warrant." In March 2019, Imran Khan dodges questions on the mass communist China's detention of as many as 2 million Muslims in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang. When pressed regarding it, he claimed: "Frankly, I don't know much about that", and in another interview claimed: "didn't know the exact situation". Instead, Khan took the focus to Indian-administered Kashmir. In June 2020, Khan again came under criticism within Pakistan, when he stated Osama bin Laden was "martyred"; Khan's exact statement in Pakistan's National Assembly was: "We sided with the U.S. in the War on Terror but they came here and killed him, martyred him and..." - Times Magazine observed Khan's view of using martyred as: "a term that reflected a subtle stab at Washington as it's mainly used for honorable figures slain in battle."
